The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

Because he died without a will and Sweden does not recognize common-law marriage, the rights to his estate went to his father and brother, Erland and Joakim Larsson. Knopf, joining only one other author, James Patterson.īut Larsson, who died of a heart attack at age 50 after a life of fast food and coffee-fueled work habits, never lived to see the success of his crime novels or the $40 million they have generated. His blockbuster thrillers last year topped 1 million copies of e-book editions, according to publisher Alfred A. Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy - 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,' 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' and 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest' - has sold more than 20 million copies in 41 countries.

Like the computer hacker Salander, who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of men who hate women, Gabrielsson, 57, has cried loudly that she, too, has been wronged.Īvailable now in French, Swedish and Norwegian, the book is infused with Biblical revenge and Gabrielsson wrote why: 'For Stieg and me, we weren't only familiar with the New Testament and with Jesus who asks one to turn the other cheek what nourished us was the Old Testament, harsh and violent.'

21, 2011— - The plot keeps thickening in the real-life drama that has played out since the 2004 death of Stieg Larsson, one of the most popular authors of all time, as his family and girlfriend continue to fight it out for the legal rights to his literary legacy.Įva Gabrielsson, the author's partner of 30 years, has published a memoir, 'Millennium, Stieg and Me,' that has evoked all the rage of his most memorable character: Lisbeth Salander.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson